§ 6.07.09. Payment.

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Time of payment. The person applying for the development order shall pay the neighborhood park land purchase and construction fees prior to the issuance of said development order. The obligation for payment of the impact fee shall be that of the land owner. However, this section shall not be construed to relieve an applicant of responsibility or liability for payment of the fees imposed by this article. In the event the fees are not paid prior to the development order, the county may collect the fees, together with interest at the rate fixed by law for judgments, an administrative penalty of five percent per month (to a maximum of 25 percent of all fees unpaid at the time they were due according to the terms of this article), the costs of such collection and a reasonable attorney's fee. Interest and penalties shall be remitted for addition to the trust fund and the recovered costs and fees for collection shall be retained by or remitted to the government incurring the expense of collection. The county attorney or duly authorized representative may execute, serve upon the owner by certified mail and record a notice of nonpayment in the official records of the county, which shall contain the legal description of the property and the amount of the impact fee liability. Said notice shall thereupon operate as a lien against such property for the amount of the fees, together with interest, penalties, and the costs and fees for collection. All fees due under this article shall become a lien at the time of the issuance of the development order or in the case of a change of use on the issuance of an occupational license, as the case may be, such fees shall be due, and shall remain a lien, coequal with the lien of all state, district, county and municipal taxes, superior in dignity to all other liens, titles and claims, until paid. Such lien shall be upon the land on which an improvement is made requiring the payment of fees and shall be for the amount of the fee required, as well as for all penalties and interest due under the provisions of this article.

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Method of payment. Payment of neighborhood park land purchase and Construction fees shall be made to the County of Okaloosa.

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Disposition of funds. All funds collected shall be properly identified as district parks impact fee funds and promptly transferred for deposit into the appropriate trust fund. Funds are to be held in separate accounts and used solely for the purposes specified in this article.

(Ord. No. 11-01, § 2, 1-18-11)